I for one am thankful to be able to use a capable office suite in Linux. I'd be more than happy to look at un-obnoxiousness advertising. Just as I'm happy to look at ads in gmail. But I'll draw a line at putting ads *in* my documents. If they try that, I'll start using MS Office + a VM or run KOffice (Although, I'm sure that Novell OO.o patch would remove it anyway).
I've got an "AcerPower F5" and when I used to run XP, I hibernated it every night. I never had any problems, but I'd reboot it every week just to clean it up a little. I've used 'suspend' a few times without problems (but never did much, as the PC's lights flash on and off every second. Which is very annoying at night).
Now that I run linux, hibernate doesn't work. But I don't mind so much, as a normal bootup takes not much longer than a hibernate resume did anyway.
Shutdown time is important because I have to wait until it shuts down completely before closing it, else it'll suspend and then resume shutting down when I'm trying to boot it up.
Yeah, it's pretty retarded. Just the other day, I was running late. Hit 'shut down', waited a few seconds, closed the lid and put in a "laptop sleeve" of my bag.
When I pulled the laptop out of my bag, if felt like the thing was nearly on fire. Just as you said, it suspended the power off. Nearly burnt itself up in my bag and when I finally wanted to use it, it resumes the power off!
(And it's not a windows specific problem, I run Fedora. The whole situation just shouldn't happen, when the computer is powering off - it should ignore attempts to hiberate/standby.)
My guess, is that it wouldn't matter. As when you turn off their computer, they probably behind the scenes turn it back on again. Then hibernate. So a normal "reboot" would be a little slower than usual, and to a user every power on is like opening a fresh copy.
Not quite again. The large volume is almost all day-trading and market maker induced fast trades (the majority held for less than a few seconds).
So yes, you could have dumped a few thousand dollars worth of stock. But if you were talking millions, you'd run into serious problems (especially if you had to file SEC reports (>5% owner or what not).
Plus, as a share holder you tend to expect the board to do what's in your best interests - not have to sell before they screw you over.
No. It was trading around $20 (plus or minus $2). On news of the Microsoft offer, the stock jumped to $30. But that's all speculation, so there wouldn't have been enough force to allow to you to sell a significant portion of the company at that price. Yahoo fucked up, badly.
The current stable Amarok support SQLite for a (slow) filesystem method of storing info, but has serious performance issues when used on 40GB+ of music. So if you need more speed, you're required to manually install a mysql server (which gives great performance)
However with the latest (unstable) Amarok, they've replaced Sqlite with MySQL embedded which has awesome performance without any installation required. You can of course, connect to a mysql server, but the only use I can see is if you're sharing playlists across a network.
Can't be too bad. I'm on a 20GB/month plan in Australia (optus, fusion plan) and from the terms and conditions:
If you exceed the standard data usage allowance of your plan, any additional usage will be considered excess usage and will be charged to your account at a rate of $0.15 per MB (megabyte) until you reach 2GB (gigabyte) of excess usage, after which you will be speed limited (which cannot be removed)
So that's $103 USD per gigabyte. Needless to say, I've never gone over my limit. (I watch it closely) It's just as shame they don't offer any unmetered mirrors.
How is it that the more power we get, the -longer- this takes? And why is it that the solution always involves hardware makers?
IMO the state of software is decades behind hardware. Like seriously, the only real developments are from hardware. And I don't see this changing anytime soon, with programmers too pussy to suck it up and use the right tools for the job, even if it doesn't hold your hand (and clean up your garbage)
Excuse the rant, I've just "upgraded" to gnome 2.24, where 6 months of development has ment replacing working C with slow-ass buggy python crap.
Please tell me that it's not just wikimedia and a domain. I hate to say it, but the wiki format isn't good for everything. (Like wiki talk pages or personal pages) And while I'm ranting, I hate wiki-markup -- it's completely retarded in comparison to HTML.
Indeed. The summer air condition puts too much strain on the system. It's not uncommon for the hottest days to be without power (at least where I live in Brisbane)
Indeed. PGP isn't a bad idea (it's a great idea), it just isn't a solution to the problem (unless as you said, they start trying to read the content of messages).
Somehow I am a little doubtful, given that the article does not state which format the songs will be distributed in.
From the article:
Music, Retail and Tech Leaders to Offer "slotMusic(TM)": High Quality, DRM-Free MP3 Music on microSD(TM) Cards
My guess is, this is yet another "plays on most devices" that the record labels always cooks up
And your guess is wrong. This is genuinely good news, they're finally realizing that certain people will pirate regardless how inconvenient they make it.
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Yes. Let's bite the hand that feeds us.
I for one am thankful to be able to use a capable office suite in Linux. I'd be more than happy to look at un-obnoxiousness advertising. Just as I'm happy to look at ads in gmail. But I'll draw a line at putting ads *in* my documents. If they try that, I'll start using MS Office + a VM or run KOffice (Although, I'm sure that Novell OO.o patch would remove it anyway).
-1 Overrated (I'm out of mod points)
I've got an "AcerPower F5" and when I used to run XP, I hibernated it every night. I never had any problems, but I'd reboot it every week just to clean it up a little. I've used 'suspend' a few times without problems (but never did much, as the PC's lights flash on and off every second. Which is very annoying at night).
Now that I run linux, hibernate doesn't work. But I don't mind so much, as a normal bootup takes not much longer than a hibernate resume did anyway.
Shutdown time is important because I have to wait until it shuts down completely before closing it, else it'll suspend and then resume shutting down when I'm trying to boot it up.
Yeah, it's pretty retarded. Just the other day, I was running late. Hit 'shut down', waited a few seconds, closed the lid and put in a "laptop sleeve" of my bag.
When I pulled the laptop out of my bag, if felt like the thing was nearly on fire. Just as you said, it suspended the power off. Nearly burnt itself up in my bag and when I finally wanted to use it, it resumes the power off!
(And it's not a windows specific problem, I run Fedora. The whole situation just shouldn't happen, when the computer is powering off - it should ignore attempts to hiberate/standby.)
My guess, is that it wouldn't matter. As when you turn off their computer, they probably behind the scenes turn it back on again. Then hibernate. So a normal "reboot" would be a little slower than usual, and to a user every power on is like opening a fresh copy.
..the DNS resolution is being hijacked to .."
They're hijacking the DNS, to redirect from the sites. "China hijacks site" deliberately leads people to believe that they've taken it over..
Since when has the U.S. directed thepiratebay.org (or suprnova, or mininova, or demonoid, etc.) to google.com?
They send you to jail instead?
Point out that it's censorship in the US and prepare to be modded troll.
Are we talking of the same slashdot? Never mind, the US has probably filtered /. for you guys. Figures. (Now watch this not get modded troll ;D)
Not quite again. The large volume is almost all day-trading and market maker induced fast trades (the majority held for less than a few seconds).
So yes, you could have dumped a few thousand dollars worth of stock. But if you were talking millions, you'd run into serious problems (especially if you had to file SEC reports (>5% owner or what not).
Plus, as a share holder you tend to expect the board to do what's in your best interests - not have to sell before they screw you over.
No. It was trading around $20 (plus or minus $2). On news of the Microsoft offer, the stock jumped to $30. But that's all speculation, so there wouldn't have been enough force to allow to you to sell a significant portion of the company at that price. Yahoo fucked up, badly.
You don't even need to install MySQL anymore
The current stable Amarok support SQLite for a (slow) filesystem method of storing info, but has serious performance issues when used on 40GB+ of music. So if you need more speed, you're required to manually install a mysql server (which gives great performance)
However with the latest (unstable) Amarok, they've replaced Sqlite with MySQL embedded which has awesome performance without any installation required. You can of course, connect to a mysql server, but the only use I can see is if you're sharing playlists across a network.
Feel free to mod me down, I was being retarded. Sorry.
Google it. First result. (Quality Assurance)
If you exceed the standard data usage allowance of your plan, any additional usage will be considered excess usage and will be charged to your account at a rate of $0.15 per MB (megabyte) until you reach 2GB (gigabyte) of excess usage, after which you will be speed limited (which cannot be removed)
So that's $103 USD per gigabyte. Needless to say, I've never gone over my limit. (I watch it closely) It's just as shame they don't offer any unmetered mirrors.
Only half of 1%?! Wow. Finnish voters must be much more careful (or draw less Donald Ducks) than Australian voters then.
Maybe because Australians are force to vote (or be fined)?
How is it that the more power we get, the -longer- this takes? And why is it that the solution always involves hardware makers?
IMO the state of software is decades behind hardware. Like seriously, the only real developments are from hardware. And I don't see this changing anytime soon, with programmers too pussy to suck it up and use the right tools for the job, even if it doesn't hold your hand (and clean up your garbage)
Excuse the rant, I've just "upgraded" to gnome 2.24, where 6 months of development has ment replacing working C with slow-ass buggy python crap.
Fair enough. So what's your simpler explanation for an advertising company offering a service like this?
More page impressions, sell advertising, build a bigger brand, increase 'stickiness', promote knol, etc.
Please tell me that it's not just wikimedia and a domain. I hate to say it, but the wiki format isn't good for everything. (Like wiki talk pages or personal pages) And while I'm ranting, I hate wiki-markup -- it's completely retarded in comparison to HTML.
Try again. By definition Occam's razor cuts against these conspiracies.
Good point (about being able to painlessly shift). As for the Greens, I've stopped believing they are pro-environment but are anti-development.
Indeed. The summer air condition puts too much strain on the system. It's not uncommon for the hottest days to be without power (at least where I live in Brisbane)
Which is a crying shame considering how much uranium and easy disposal options we have. Fear trumps reason again. Cue: 30 year outdated arguments..
Is 98% of the email you send also spam?
Indeed. PGP isn't a bad idea (it's a great idea), it just isn't a solution to the problem (unless as you said, they start trying to read the content of messages).
Apparently they're only logging origin and recipient. So PGP isn't going to help you. In response to the GP: http://freenetproject.org/freemail.html
Somehow I am a little doubtful, given that the article does not state which format the songs will be distributed in.
From the article:
Music, Retail and Tech Leaders to Offer "slotMusic(TM)": High Quality, DRM-Free MP3 Music on microSD(TM) Cards
My guess is, this is yet another "plays on most devices" that the record labels always cooks up
And your guess is wrong. This is genuinely good news, they're finally realizing that certain people will pirate regardless how inconvenient they make it.